Question

correlational research is preferred to experimental when

Answer 1

Whenever the study includes some factors that can't possibly be controlled, then Correlational Research is preferred to/over Experimental Research.

Correlational Research can be defined as a type of Non Experimental Research methodology in which the researcher/observer generally measures two variables and analyze the statistical relationship or correlation between them with very little or just in simple words it can be stated that there is no effort to control extraneous variables.